Scuba diving and sailing occupied many years of my life and were often enjoyed together during my life.
One of my proudest accomplishments is that I hold an active Master Scuba Diver Trainer’s Certificate and led the World Wildlife Fund’s Board of Directors on diving tours in Belize in an effort to educate the board and to secure funding for offshore moorings. I have logged over 3000 dives in my lifetime.
Being on a sailboat or under the water represented a significant part of my life.
A year after Yim and I left Belize, our friends, Stu and Fran, who chartered Two If By Sea, had also left and made their way to the British Virgin Islands, where they established their chartering operation again and…
The Ogden Point Enhancement Society was established in 1996 to beautify the Ogden Point Terminal and create public space. The Plan took into consideration the importance of creating an aesthetically pleasing public facility and developing tourism activity. In 2007,…
We met Stu and Fran while managing the Inn at Robert’s Grove in Belize. Yim and I were overseeing the construction of a dive shop and a marina at the resort and we went down one weekend to where all…
A coral polyp is a spineless animal. Coral polyps can be the size of a pinhead while others are larger, sometimes a foot in diameter. One coral branch or mound is covered by thousands of these animals. They are…
Bula In 2006, we visited Fiji. After we returned from Belize, I really wasn’t happy to be back in Montreal. The first winter back was bad and the second was worse. There was one period where the temperature did…
The Indians are four unique shaped rocky pinnacles in the British Virgin Islands right next to Norman Island. These easy to spot rocky pinnacles rise about sixty feet above the water surface. This unique rock formation has one of…
The Gladden Spit (above) and Silk Cayes Marine Reserve is a protected area of the Belize Barrier Reef, which has become world-famous for its whale shark migration. The Silk Cayes are three tiny islands, further to the south within…
In 2002, I had the opportunity to visit and dive the second largest barrier reef in the world in southern Belize led by Steve Roper. Along on this trip were several members of the Board of Directors of the…
In December of 1998, Yim and I decided to visit Belize – specifically the Placencia peninsula in the southern part of the country – so we could go scuba diving and snorkelling together. It was our very first vacation…
The Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve is the southernmost group of atolls in Belize. They consist of 14 mostly uninhabited islands within a section of the Mesoamerican reef measuring about 39,000 acres in size. These islands include Sapodilla Caye, Hunting…
